Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks to take place in Doha and Cairo, his office said on Friday, days after the negotiations appeared stalled. Since the UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Monday demanding an “immediate ceasefire”, Hamas and Israel have traded blame for their failure…
Japan has eased rules on weapons exports to allow sales of a fighter jet it will develop with the UK and Italy to other countries, marking a new milestone in Tokyo’s more proactive defence policy. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s cabinet on Tuesday approved the revision to export controls, clearing a hurdle for the Global Combat…
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has for the first time disclosed reasons behind the accidental firing of a BrahMos combat missile which landed in Pakistan in March 2022. In a reply filed before the Delhi High Court, the IAF has said that combat connectors of the Brahmos missile “remained connected to the junction box” which…
Airbus Defence and Space has entered into an agreement to acquire INFODAS, a Cologne-based, German company that provides cybersecurity and IT solutions in the public sector including for defence and critical infrastructures. Notably, the transaction is subject to the customary regulatory approvals and is expected to be finalised before the end of 2024. Worth mentioning…
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has extended suspension of business dealings with M/s Vectra Advanced Engineering Pvt. Ltd (VAEPL) (now M/s VERT Equipment Private Limited) for a period of six (6) months w.e.f. 14.02.2024 in terms of the “Guidelines of the Ministry of Defence for penalties in business dealing with entities’. Noteworthy, earlier with…
Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar visited DSSC, Wellington on 28 March 2024 and addressed the Future Leadership of the Indian Armed Forces attending the 79 Staff Course. Noteworthy, Chief of the Naval Staff shed light on the Maritime legacy of India and the importance of the country’s geography in establishing maritime…
For the first time, two ships of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy, owned by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, have arrived at (Larsen and Toubro) L&T Shipbuilding facility at Kattupalli, Tamil Nadu (TN) for scheduled maintenance activities. Noteworthy, RFA ‘Argus’ and RFA ‘Lyme Bay’ arrived at the shipyard located in Ennore, North of Chennai for ‘Assisted…
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has signed a contract with Patria for the delivery of PROTECTOR remote weapon stations on more than 300 Patria vehicles that the Finnish company is delivering to Sweden and Finland. The contract has a value of about NOK 1.2 billion. Notably, KONGSBERG will deliver its PROTECTOR RS4 weapon stations to…
Calling India and Ukraine traditional friends, Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that Kyiv is looking forward to restoring relations with New Delhi that existed before the conflict, adding that there is much more both the nations can do in the interest of global development and security architecture. He stated that Ukraine will be looking forward to…
India is firmly on the path to self-reliance in defence and is even looking to export fighter jet engines in the future, defence minister Rajnath Singh said at the Times Now Summit themed India Unstoppable. The minister said he has directed officials to look at all possible collaboration opportunities to make India self-reliant. He referred…
